Ernest Rutherford http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=50 http://www.kentchemistry.com/links/AtomicStructure/RutherfordTutorial.htm Describe the set-up for Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment. Include a visual. What was he doing in the experiment? Explain the outcome of the Gold Foil Experiment. Summarize his model of the atom. Rutherford’s model changed our view of the atom. Compare and contrast his model to Thomson’s model. What new knowledge did we gain? What was wrong with Thomson’s model? Did any of Thomson’s ideas continue to be valid?
http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=50
http://www.kentchemistry.com/links/AtomicStructure/RutherfordTutorial.htm
Describe the set-up for Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment. Include a visual. What was he doing in the experiment?
Explain the outcome of the Gold Foil Experiment.
Summarize his model of the atom.
Rutherford’s model changed our view of the atom. Compare and contrast his model to Thomson’s model. What new knowledge did we gain? What was wrong with Thomson’s model? Did any of Thomson’s ideas continue to be valid?